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(Applicationfiled Row. 28, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. BYRNE, OF UNION CITY, OHIO.

AUXILIARY SEAT FOR VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 619,666, dated February. 14, 1899.

Application filed November 23, 1898. Serial No. 697,278. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN H.BYRNE,a citizen of the United States, residing at Union City, in the county of Darke and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Auxiliary Vehicle-Seats, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in auxiliary seats for vehiclesthat is, a folding seat which is to be used in buggies, wagons,

or carriages to furnish a seating-place for a third person.

The main object of my invention is the provision of a folding seat for the purpose named which occupies asmall amount of space both when in use and out of use, which is quickly and easily put up for use and folded when not in use, and which is simple, durable, and cheap in construction and very practical and efiicient in use.

To attain the desired objects, the invention consists of an auxiliary seat for vehicles embodying novel features of construction and combination of parts, substantially as dis closed herein.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a box buggy-body with my improved auxiliary seat in position for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device. Fig. 3 is a similar view thereof folded, and Fig. 4 is a similar View of the casting for the reception of the legs and seat of the device.

In the drawings, A designates the main or front casting, which is provided with the lower outwardly-extending end 13, provided with the socket B, and the upper central socketed end 0, the socket of which may or may not be screw-threaded. Adapted to detachably fit in the socketed end 0 is the projection or pivot-pin D, screw-threaded or otherwise, carrying a seat E by means of the securing rim or plate F, which is formed integral with the pivot-pin resting upon the circular head 0 of the casting and is secured by means of screws to the under side of the seat. Detachably fitting in the lower socket B of this casting is the long curved standard or leg G, which has an opening Gr near its upper end adapted to be entered by the removable pin H to hold the leg in the socket. Formed integral with the casting are the eyed lugs or cars J, which are secured to the socketed castings K, in which are adapted to fit and be secured, by means of screws, the upper ends of the rear curved stationary legs or standards L. The legs are braced by means of the stay M, whose ends are secured to the stationary legs by means of the bolts or screws N, andthis stay is further provided with the central opening 0 to receive the pivot-pin carried by the seat when the seat is folded. The pin H is connected loosely to one of the rear stationary legs by means of the chain H, and when the device is not in use the chain is passed around the detachable leg, which is removed from its socket, and its pin is placed in the opening P in the rear side of one of the stationary legs, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

I provide an adjustable or removable footrest, which is adapted to be used for children, which fits upon the movable leg and which consists of the plate Q, provided with the arms R upon its outer end, upon which the feet are placed, and the long slot S, in which loosely fits the curved detachable leg, and as this slot is somewhat longer than the leg is thick any pressure down upon the outer end of the foot-rest locks the rest thereon by its own leverage, and any movement upward will unlock the rest and allow the same to be moved to any position upon the movable leg.

It will thus be seen that my seat may be introduced into a buggy and be so placed as to accommodate a third person without making it uncomfortable for the other persons, as the seat is so placed in front of the buggyseat as to allow plenty of space for each person and which when not in use may be folded and placed under the seat.

Thus it will be understood that I produce an auxiliary seat for vehicles which is the embodiment of simplicity, durability, and cheapness and is very useful and practical.

I claim- 1. An auxiliary seat for vehicles, consisting of the two stationary legs, a detachable leg, and a removable or detachable seat adapted to be supported by the legs.

2. An auxiliary seat for vehicles, consisting of two stationary legs, a casting having a socket in each end secured to the top of the stationary legs, a detachable curved leg adapted to fit in the lower socket of the casting, and a seat carrying a pivot adapted to detachably fit in the upper socket of said casting.

3. An auxiliary seat for vehicles, consisting of two socketed castings, a front double-sock eted casting secured to the front of said castings, two stationary legs secured in the sockets of said first-mentioned castings, a detachable curved leg adapted to fit in the lower socket of the front casting, and a detachable seat adapted to fit in the upper socket of the front casting.

4. A folding seat, consisting of the rear socketed castings, stationary legs secured in said castings, a stay for bracing said legs having a central opening therein, a front casting secured to said rear casting and havinga top and a bottom socket, a detachable leg adapted to fit in the lower socket of said front casting, and a detachable seat carrying pivot adapted to fit in the upper socket of the front casting 20 JOHN H. BYRNE.

Witnesses:

GEO. WELLS SMITH, ELI MANGOS. 

